Strokes Quotes

432 quotes by 363 authors

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which… — Charles Babbage
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. — Francis Bacon
I'm constantly in fear of having a stroke. — Lewis Black
For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the sounds coming from… — Andrea Bocelli
Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own,… — Vanna Bonta
There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American… — Bill Bryson
The Strokes can play anything. They could play 'Thriller,' and it would just sound like 'Thriller' as played by the Strokes. — Julian Casablancas
When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day,… — Julian Casablancas
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept or if you have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that which was bound to grow… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course. — Lee Trevino
If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his… — Harry Vardon
May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange… — Winston Churchill
To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to… — Edward McKendree Bounds
It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under… — Michel de Montaigne
Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score. — Chi Chi Rodriguez
On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the… — Bobby Jones
Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into… — Bobby Jones
[Jack Nicklaus] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was going… — Lee Trevino
It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circut our souls. There is no delete button for racism, poverty, or… — Tom Brokaw

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